2007 BMW 750I Air bags Problems

“My passenger air bags are inoperable in my vehicle. It was this way when I bought the car. It was reported to me the vehicle was under recall for the situation but when I had the car taken to the dealership, they informed me my particular vehicle wasn't under recall. My question is why is my car isn't one of the vehicles under recall. I had the car checked out by a certified Bmw mechanic and he stated it's in the passenger occupancy detector.”

“Transmission began to loose power ,shifting by its self , with a message stating ' transmission default malfunction car came to a complete stop on freeway almost throwing me through windshield.take car to closest dealer immediately ,also would not shift out of park. 2) malfunction message regarding driver seat belt with illuminated icon. 3) driver door opens by its self my daughter almost fell out of the car at 60mph I had to get transmission fixed twice at an autherized shop costing over $ 3000 and is still acting up”

“Just had to paid over $900 dollars to have my fronts passenger air bag seat occupancy sensor mat replaced. I see that there was a recalled issued for these item on november 2013 recall campaign number 13v-564. I was told by Bmw of dallas that my VIN number was not part of the recall. I find it a an odd coincident that my vehicle air bag light was on and Bmw technicians diagnose the problem as a faulty sensor mat but I'm told that my vehicle manufacture date does not fall within the dates the faulty mat was used. …”

“A seat occupancy detector fault prevents the entire airbag system from working. This fault signal appears when the car is started and continues until it is off. The airbag fault signal was checked and confirmed to be a failure of the passenger seat detector. This is a common Bmw problem. It caused NHTSA recall 13v564000 (11/12/13) and is now the subject of an extensive Bmw warranty extension for many models in lieu of a recall, but not for the 2007 7 series. …”

“The contact owns a 2007 Bmw 750I. The contact stated that the air bag warning indicator illuminated and the front passenger seat belt failed to restrain the occupant properly. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, but the failure was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer was not made aware of the failure. The manufacturer was notified and did not assist. The failure mileage was 164,000.”